Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
Harmony makes small things grow. Lack of it makes big things decay.
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Get good counsel before you begin: and when you have decided act promptly.
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
By union the smallest states thrive by discord the greatest are destroyed.
In victory even the cowardly like to boast while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
They envy the distinction I have won; let them, therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
Only a few prefer liberty- the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.